10-letter words containing a, l, c, h, e
- encephalon — The brain.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- enchiladas — Plural form of enchilada.
- esthetical — Of or pertaining to esthetics.
- ethicality — The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
- ethnically — Of, pertaining to ethnicity or ethnics.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- face cloth — washcloth.
- facecloths — Plural form of facecloth.
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- flycatcher — any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.
- genethliac — of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")
- hackle fly — an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
- hackleback — shovelnose sturgeon.
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs
- hatcheling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hatchelled — Simple past tense and past participle of hatchel.
- head clerk — a supervisor; manager
- headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
- healthcare — the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- heliacally — In a heliacal manner.
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- hemiacetal — any of the class of organic chemical compounds having the general formula RCH(OH)OR, where R is an organic group.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heraclidae — a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hexactinal — having six spicules
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hierarchal — a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
- hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- holy place — somewhere sacred